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Re:I asked every TV manufacturer 17 questions about how they... by thesuitonym on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @11:50AM (#50455542)
That's a fine argument if you're watching videos on those platforms, but ACR also phones home when you're watching local content, too. Your Jellyfin server, Blurays, video games, content from your computer, it all goes back to the mothership.
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Re:I asked every TV manufacturer 17 questions about how they... by doctorpangloss on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @12:35PM (#50456071)
your internet connected videogames on consoles report telemetry

you are running jellyfin on a device, like a NAS. it reports telemetry. docker reports telemetry. you download jellyfin, microsoft gets the telemetry. you update jellyfin, it gets the telemetry. you download radarr, docker and microsoft get the telemetry... all of this stuff reports telemetry. github, you can see your own repositories' usage and telemetry! graphs/traffic. it's all there...

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Re:I asked every TV manufacturer 17 questions about how they... by GrinningFool on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @12:52PM (#50456259)
I play games, I know Sony knows about what I play. I watch netflix, I know Netflix knows what I watch.

Etc...

But there is a difference between the company whose services I use knowing about the service use, and the television mfg knowing about all of my activity.

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